Comparison of three clinical rating scales in Friedreich ataxia (FRDA)

Katrin BurkDepartment of Neurodegeneration and Restorative Research, Centers of Molecular Physiology of the Brain and Neurological Medicine, University of Gottingen, Gottingen, GermanyMov Disord 24:1779-84. 2009

Cognition in hereditary ataxia

Katrin BurkDepartment of Neurology, University of Marburg, and Institute of Brain Research, University of Tubingen, GermanyCerebellum 6:280-6. 2007

Cognitive function in multiple system atrophy of the cerebellar type

Katrin BurkDepartment of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm, and Department of Neurology, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, GermanyMov Disord 21:772-6. 2006

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..Gait disturbances in CD do not only result from cerebellar ataxia but also from proprioceptive or vestibular impairment. Neurological problems may even develop despite strict adherence to a gluten-free diet...

Exon deletions and intragenic insertions are not rare in ataxia with oculomotor apraxia 2

..9%). There was no hint of a paraneoplastic disorder in any of the patients. The present findings suggest an autoimmune contribution to the pathophysiology of a subgroup of sporadic late-onset cerebellar ataxia...

Comparison of three clinical rating scales in Friedreich ataxia (FRDA)

Katrin BurkDepartment of Neurodegeneration and Restorative Research, Centers of Molecular Physiology of the Brain and Neurological Medicine, University of Gottingen, Gottingen, GermanyMov Disord 24:1779-84. 2009

..Because SARA is characterized by high interrater reliability and practicability, SARA is applicable and well suited forclinical trials of FRDA...

Cognition in hereditary ataxia

Katrin BurkDepartment of Neurology, University of Marburg, and Institute of Brain Research, University of Tubingen, GermanyCerebellum 6:280-6. 2007

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Cognitive function in multiple system atrophy of the cerebellar type

Katrin BurkDepartment of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm, and Department of Neurology, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, GermanyMov Disord 21:772-6. 2006

..Test performance was not related to the severity of motor disability. Regarding the similar cognitive syndrome of MSA-P, the otherwise subclinical problems in MSA-C result from subcortical rather than from cerebellar dysfunction...

..This Review provides guidelines, from a European perspective, for the diagnosis of Friedreich ataxia, differential diagnosis of ataxias and genetic counseling, and treatment of neurological and non-neurological symptoms...